The Gap Between Social Media and Real Life

 
Chris Bail
Professor of Sociology
Director of the Polarization Lab
Duke University www.polarizationlab.com  

Can you Spot the Troll?

Do We Need A Vaccine for Misinformation?

Let's Vaccinate Ourselves

Real of Not Real?

Real of Not Real?

Real of Not Real?

Real of Not Real?

Real of Not Real?

Real of Not Real?

What about Writing?

Who is Sharing Fake News, Anyways?

So What Can We Do?

  • Learn how to see the gap between social media and real life

  • Tell all of your friends

  • Tell your parents :)

  • Address the deeper societal problems that make us vulnerable to misinformation (e.g. polarization)

  • Try to learn how to reshape social media so that it incentives positive behavior, not negative behavior

"Middleware" for Right Now

A New Kind of Social Media for the Future

Thank You!